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About a month ago my friend Ryan quit coming over for homework sessions.. my friends have tried coaxing him to come, but he simply refuses, always making up excuses.

We knew he was depressed. He recently admitted that he felt tormented to cut and mutilate himself and couldn't stop. Well, last week we found out he joined a satanic cult. I remember from Sunday school that Christ rescues us from evil and the power of the devil, but i have doubts when I see how much Ryan has changed.. he literally seems like a different person now. How can my friends and I help Ryan realize the truth about Christ's rescuing power? What can we do? :/ I'm scared.. I don't even know where to begin to look for comforting or truth revealing bible verses.. i don't want him to hurt himself or others anymore.

Will the political culture of the U.S. impose itself on other nations?

he British government did not expect such controversy over their reforms of the empire and efforts to generate some tax revenue in the colonies. They saw the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, etc., as moderate, reasonable, necessary measures that were well within the government's rights and perfectly just in any case. The colonists saw these same measures as intolerable acts of tyranny, part of a conspiracy to take away the colonists' rights and reduce them to slaves..who had the more reasonable and convincing position: the British or the Colonists?

Could the U.S. Constitution (or that of any other country) simply be given to another country in need of a constitution? Explain.

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What would you predict would happen to unemployment if the economy grew at 5% or 2% above the natural growth rate? What would you predict would happen to unemployment if the economy grew at 4% less than it's natural growth rate?

the unemployment rate would decrease if the natural growth rate increase 5% or 2% and would increase if it grew less than 4%, right? :/ i don't understand okun's law.

describe the link between unemployment, GDP and inflation? :/ and why is unemployment effected more than the GDP? i kinda understand okun's law and how if GDP is less then the natural rate then unemployment increases, too..

How does inflation destabilize the economy? How might the psychological strains that many people feel in difficult economic times help prolong an economic downturn? Provide at least one example.

Is it unfair for banks to charge, for example, a 7% prime interest rate to some customers and at the same time charge others 15% to 18% on outstanding credit card balances? Why or why not?

and how is the banking system and the Federal Reserve related to interest rates, employment, and income levels? :/

If were in a $3 trillion debt, then why are we still considered the wealthiest/ most powerful nation?

A local developer wants to build a shopping mall in a wooded lot near the high school. What are some of the positive and negative externalities this development might have on the surrounding community? I have to persuade city council not to go through with the project!

why do the larger banks (multistate) charge more fees while the smaller (single-state) charge less?

I've been learning about the different organizations strengths and weaknesses and what to know which form of business people would prefer to take the strengths/weaknesses into more consideration

How does it affect the efficiency of resource use and income levels?

If I were to write a letter describing what my life is like to a 5 year old, 45 year old, and 90 year old what would be the main differences? I think to a 5 year old is the easiest, keeping it short and simply..

but I'm struggling with the 45 year old and 90 year old... especially the 90 year old i guess! help please??

In the Christian faith, what exactly is a sacrament? And I'm confused in what they actually do... Do they encourage us in our faith or is more just ritual kinda?

Explain what it means to come to faith in God, how it happens, and how it affects your life on Earth? :S